title: Pachymeningitis in a young child responded to antitubercular therapy: a case report.
abstract: Pachymeningitis is a rare disease of diverse etiology mainly affecting the adult population. Only 4 pediatric cases have been reported till now. We report the youngest child with pachymeningitis from India. Our case responded very well to antitubercular therapy with near complete recovery. Antitubercular therapy can be considered in children from endemic countries with hypertrophic pachymeningitis before labeling their condition as idiopathic hypertrophic pachymeningitis.
authors.affiliation: Pediatrics Intensive Care Unit, B. L. Kapur Super Speciality Hospital, New Delhi, India drsharma025@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Pradeep Kumar
authors.initials: PK
authors.lastname: Sharma
authors.affiliation: Pediatrics Intensive Care Unit, B. L. Kapur Super Speciality Hospital, New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: Bhaskar
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Saikia
authors.affiliation: Pediatrics Intensive Care Unit, B. L. Kapur Super Speciality Hospital, New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: Rachna
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sharma
authors.affiliation: Pediatrics Intensive Care Unit, B. L. Kapur Super Speciality Hospital, New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: Vikram
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Gagneja
authors.affiliation: Pediatrics Intensive Care Unit, B. L. Kapur Super Speciality Hospital, New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: Praveen
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Khilnani
mesh_terms: D000995:Antitubercular Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001921:Brain / Q000187:drug effects / Q000473:pathology; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008581:Meningitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology
chemical_list: D000995:Antitubercular Agents
keywords: antitubercular therapy; pachymeningitis; pediatric